Space Marine 2: My God, it's full of awesomesauce! Also blood. Much blood. UPDATE: It's alive! (Page 2 of 3)
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Originally Posted By tinytim54: The campaign is faithful to the first, but better. Really liking the look of multiplayer.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXTIRvKhscoNeeds Exterminatus mode. And dreadnaughts. I also want the assault class to get the power sword. |
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I'll probably be getting it this evening. My wife and daughter are leaving tomorrow at lunch for the weekend for a volleyball tournament and won't be back until Sunday so I'll actually have some time to sit down and play it in-between ball games.
Only question: get it on PC and play at medium quality or on PS5? |
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Originally Posted By SturmgeschutzIII: Which brings us to the next question; which one of you is a sucker and is playing today?  I look forward to feedback from real people, not paid off reviewers. I spent a little time watching a twitch stream this morning. It looks like a lot of fun to play, but so-so to watch. Co-op is probably a blast if you're into that. |
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Originally Posted By Ajek: I spent a little time watching a twitch stream this morning. It looks like a lot of fun to play, but so-so to watch. Co-op is probably a blast if you're into that. Good idea, I'll check out a stream. Yeah I've got some guys I coop with. I just wonder how much content is there for that. I'm kind of thinking I'll like multiplayer more. |
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Originally Posted By SturmgeschutzIII: Which brings us to the next question; which one of you is a sucker and is playing today? I look forward to feedback from real people, not paid off reviewers. Originally Posted By SturmgeschutzIII: Originally Posted By Stonia: Have to buy gold edition to play on the 5th  . That's pretty lame.Which brings us to the next question; which one of you is a sucker and is playing today? I look forward to feedback from real people, not paid off reviewers. I'm just waiting for the download to unlock at 12pm EST. 
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Playing it now and frankly, it’s kicking my ass. I was happy for the PVE modes so I don’t have to play PVP with a bunch of adderall-hyped fast twitch teenagers. Only to find out the game wants you to have fast twitch blocking and dodging instincts - which I don’t have, yet. I died on the intro mission in one particular fight about 5-6 times before beating it by the skin of my teeth. |
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Originally Posted By jatobi: I've played the first few hours of the campaign. It's a good game. But I refuse to pay $30 for 4 days early access. That's just stupid talk. If I want to play more, I can just keep playing what I already have. I'm waiting for co-op/pvp, where the game will shine! I don't even have a PC rig built yet to play it - hardware I want to build with isn't yet out - but I still bought the ultra edition for the DLC skins, season pass, & just to support the project. I mean, check out the roadmap - it's gonna have a trigger horde mode!  Space Marine 2 DETHRONES Black Myth Wukong on the Steam Charts. 'Toxic Masculinity' SELLS WELL |
Reviewing well: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Review |
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Originally Posted By Master_Blaster: I don't even have a PC rig built yet to play it - hardware I want to build with isn't yet out - but I still bought the ultra edition for the DLC skins, season pass, & just to support the project. I mean, check out the roadmap - it's gonna have a trigger horde mode! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWsPl5EX1_ESeason pass is nothing but cosmetics. Cosmetics don't sell me. The other stuff will be released as regular DLC as patches, so you don't require a season pass to get all of that. Season pass is literally just the cosmetics. |
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Originally Posted By MauserMark: yeah and how has that franchise been doing lately? Originally Posted By MauserMark: Originally Posted By SoCalExile: Looking at the gameplay above, it looks like basically 'Gears of Warhammer.' yeah and how has that franchise been doing lately? Consider how the Gears franchise is being handled, & also look at the direction the next installment is reportedly taking. They figured out that the GoW5 "stronk grrrlz" theme doesn't work. |
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Originally Posted By RayFromJersey: I think I'm in. Gonna wait a couple days until after the official launch to see if some of the bugs I see being reported on the steam forums are worked out. I have yet to run into anything. What are people reporting? There's going to be a day 1 patch for sure though. |
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| I think I'm nearing the end of the campaign, played coop with 2 buddies. Playing on Veteran. It's pretty fun but nothing groundbreaking. I have absolutely no idea what's actually going on in the campaign though, but I have no Warhammer knowledge, so that probably doesn't help. Plenty of frustration at the difficulty. Will probably try some pvp after the campaign. Zero bugs so far, probably the most stable launch I've encountered in a long time. 7/10 based solely on campaign play. |
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Originally Posted By Paulie771: I have yet to run into anything. What are people reporting? There's going to be a day 1 patch for sure though. Originally Posted By Paulie771: Originally Posted By RayFromJersey: I think I'm in. Gonna wait a couple days until after the official launch to see if some of the bugs I see being reported on the steam forums are worked out. I have yet to run into anything. What are people reporting? There's going to be a day 1 patch for sure though. Anyway, I tired it two nights ago and refunded. It was fun but I'm really surprised at the lack of content. I just can't see myself spending a lot of time with the game in its current state. Again, it was pretty good though. I liked the combat and story. I just don't think it's worth the cost. I'll be paying attention to this one though and will rebuy if there's a bunch more stuff. |
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Originally Posted By RayFromJersey: Mostly just multiplayer server issues and specific missions crashing repeatedly. Anyway, I tired it two nights ago and refunded. It was fun but I'm really surprised at the lack of content. I just can't see myself spending a lot of time with the game in its current state. Again, it was pretty good though. I liked the combat and story. I just don't think it's worth the cost. I'll be paying attention to this one though and will rebuy if there's a bunch more stuff. Tried it and did not like it. It's a twitch game which I am terrible at. Got about 2 hours into the main mission before I called it quits and got a refund. May have been more enjoyable if I knew anything at all about Warhammer. It was also excruciatingly slow to start. Once up and running it was fine but damn it took forever to load in the game resources with each start up. It also crashed on the first opening cinematic. The second run it played smoothly. |
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Originally Posted By RayFromJersey: Mostly just multiplayer server issues and specific missions crashing repeatedly. Anyway, I tired it two nights ago and refunded. It was fun but I'm really surprised at the lack of content. I just can't see myself spending a lot of time with the game in its current state. Again, it was pretty good though. I liked the combat and story. I just don't think it's worth the cost. I'll be paying attention to this one though and will rebuy if there's a bunch more stuff. What content were you wanting? There's a coop campaign, a separate coop side campaign, multiplayer with multiple game modes, every SM gun variant in the universe to level, 6 classes to level, skins for everything, and a roadmap of the next year's worth of more content on the way. The only thing this game is missing is sweet sweet Eldar tiddies |
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Originally Posted By SturmgeschutzIII: What content were you wanting? There's a coop campaign, a separate coop side campaign, multiplayer with multiple game modes, every SM gun variant in the universe to level, 6 classes to level, skins for everything, and a roadmap of the next year's worth of more content on the way. The only thing this game is missing is sweet sweet Eldar tiddies Originally Posted By SturmgeschutzIII: Originally Posted By RayFromJersey: Mostly just multiplayer server issues and specific missions crashing repeatedly. Anyway, I tired it two nights ago and refunded. It was fun but I'm really surprised at the lack of content. I just can't see myself spending a lot of time with the game in its current state. Again, it was pretty good though. I liked the combat and story. I just don't think it's worth the cost. I'll be paying attention to this one though and will rebuy if there's a bunch more stuff. What content were you wanting? There's a coop campaign, a separate coop side campaign, multiplayer with multiple game modes, every SM gun variant in the universe to level, 6 classes to level, skins for everything, and a roadmap of the next year's worth of more content on the way. The only thing this game is missing is sweet sweet Eldar tiddies There's only 6 co-op PvE operations. There's only 3 PvP maps. For a $60 major title that's been in development for years I expected more  Like I said, it's a fun game but I see the honeymoon phase wearing off quick due to a lack of content and repetitiveness. They need the horde mode to come a lot sooner than late 2025. |
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Originally Posted By RayFromJersey:
The campaign takes a few hours total. There's only 6 co-op PvE operations. There's only 3 PvP maps. For a $60 major title that's been in development for years I expected more
Like I said, it's a fun game but I see the honeymoon phase wearing off quick due to a lack of content and repetitiveness. They need the horde mode to come a lot sooner than late 2025. |
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Originally Posted By RayFromJersey: The campaign takes a few hours total. There's only 6 co-op PvE operations. There's only 3 PvP maps. For a $60 major title that's been in development for years I expected more Like I said, it's a fun game but I see the honeymoon phase wearing off quick due to a lack of content and repetitiveness. They need the horde mode to come a lot sooner than late 2025. Maybe I just have lower expectations It seems like most games suck, and are unplayable at release nowadays. SM2 is neither of those things. But I always worry about lack of content/progression in games too. This is by no means the best progression system, but I don't think it's supposed to be. You're already a space marine. |
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Originally Posted By RayFromJersey: The campaign takes a few hours total. There's only 6 co-op PvE operations. There's only 3 PvP maps. For a $60 major title that's been in development for years I expected more Like I said, it's a fun game but I see the honeymoon phase wearing off quick due to a lack of content and repetitiveness. They need the horde mode to come a lot sooner than late 2025. This is what I've heard, too. Steam has the first one on sale for $15 so I'm probably going to pick it up tonight and try it. I'm new to the series so I'm going in knowing nothing about it. SM2 does look very good from the couple gameplay videos I've watched so far. |
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Originally Posted By D_J: Playing it now and frankly, it’s kicking my ass. I was happy for the PVE modes so I don’t have to play PVP with a bunch of adderall-hyped fast twitch teenagers. Only to find out the game wants you to have fast twitch blocking and dodging instincts - which I don’t have, yet. I died on the intro mission in one particular fight about 5-6 times before beating it by the skin of my teeth. Not sure what system you are using but even on pc the game is waaaaay more intuitive with a controller. I failed time after time with mouse and keyboard before I plugged in a ps5 controller. |
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Originally Posted By RayFromJersey: The campaign takes a few hours total. There's only 6 co-op PvE operations. There's only 3 PvP maps. For a $60 major title that's been in development for years I expected more Like I said, it's a fun game but I see the honeymoon phase wearing off quick due to a lack of content and repetitiveness. They need the horde mode to come a lot sooner than late 2025. This is where I've found myself. Finished all the content over a weekend. The Warhammer universe seems awesome though, so I found Darktide and have been playing that. |
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Originally Posted By Cobra-Commander: Not sure what system you are using but even on pc the game is waaaaay more intuitive with a controller. I failed time after time with mouse and keyboard before I plugged in a ps5 controller. Originally Posted By Cobra-Commander: Originally Posted By D_J: Playing it now and frankly, it’s kicking my ass. I was happy for the PVE modes so I don’t have to play PVP with a bunch of adderall-hyped fast twitch teenagers. Only to find out the game wants you to have fast twitch blocking and dodging instincts - which I don’t have, yet. I died on the intro mission in one particular fight about 5-6 times before beating it by the skin of my teeth. Not sure what system you are using but even on pc the game is waaaaay more intuitive with a controller. I failed time after time with mouse and keyboard before I plugged in a ps5 controller. Keyboard & mouse, but I was thinking of buying a wired Xbox controller. |
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Originally Posted By Cobra-Commander: Night and day difference in playability and much more enjoyable. Originally Posted By Cobra-Commander: Originally Posted By D_J: Keyboard & mouse, but I was thinking of buying a wired Xbox controller. Night and day difference in playability and much more enjoyable. It's been better since buying a gaming mouse with a couple of side buttons so I can parry/block with a button under my thumb vs. moving my hand to a different location on the keyboard. I may try a cheap $25 wired controller though. |
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Originally Posted By SturmgeschutzIII: Anyone else having connectivity issues? I had zero issues all last week until friday night, and again last night. It took me forever to join a friend's squad last night. I assumed it was not going to work because it was several minutes of just "joining server". |
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Originally Posted By D_J: It took me forever to join a friend's squad last night. I assumed it was not going to work because it was several minutes of just "joining server". I should include I've just been playing eternal war. Maybe Ops are still fine. Played a few with a friend last night and then like 20 minutes of us being disconnected and not being able to reconnect/rejoin each other. Friday was horrible. |
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Originally Posted By D_J: It's been better since buying a gaming mouse with a couple of side buttons so I can parry/block with a button under my thumb vs. moving my hand to a different location on the keyboard. I may try a cheap $25 wired controller though. Originally Posted By D_J: Originally Posted By Cobra-Commander: Originally Posted By D_J: Keyboard & mouse, but I was thinking of buying a wired Xbox controller. Night and day difference in playability and much more enjoyable. It's been better since buying a gaming mouse with a couple of side buttons so I can parry/block with a button under my thumb vs. moving my hand to a different location on the keyboard. I may try a cheap $25 wired controller though. I prefer controllers, so planning on getting a PS5 Dual Sense "Edge" & using Steam settings or 3rd party emulation to enable gyro aim for a "best of both worlds" experience. MSFT not implementing gyro aiming into its controllers is curious gaff. |
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Originally Posted By Master_Blaster: I prefer controllers, so planning on getting a PS5 Dual Sense "Edge" & using Steam settings or 3rd party emulation to enable gyro aim for a "best of both worlds" experience. MSFT not implementing gyro aiming into its controllers is curious gaff. Originally Posted By Master_Blaster: Originally Posted By D_J: Originally Posted By Cobra-Commander: Originally Posted By D_J: Keyboard & mouse, but I was thinking of buying a wired Xbox controller. Night and day difference in playability and much more enjoyable. It's been better since buying a gaming mouse with a couple of side buttons so I can parry/block with a button under my thumb vs. moving my hand to a different location on the keyboard. I may try a cheap $25 wired controller though. I prefer controllers, so planning on getting a PS5 Dual Sense "Edge" & using Steam settings or 3rd party emulation to enable gyro aim for a "best of both worlds" experience. MSFT not implementing gyro aiming into its controllers is curious gaff. So a PS5 controller would be better? I haven't had a playstation since the PS2. |
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Originally Posted By D_J: So a PS5 controller would be better? I haven't had a playstation since the PS2. It has gyro aim, which seems to offer fine aiming control equivalent to a mouse. Some games natively code for its functionality, but setting it up through 3rd party app or Steam interface (This is assuming you do all your gaming exclusive on there) will enable it to work in all your titles. Interestingly, you have the option to set it to work like a R joystick or mouse input. The other neat feature on the Edge controller is the modular joysticks, which enable replacement if drift sets in, or upgrading if something like Hall effect sensor sticks become available. For whatever reason, MSFT hasn't incorporated gyro aim functionality into its latest controller, though there have been rumors of that the supposed "Elite 3" controller might have it - assuming they even release a new pad. |
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Originally Posted By Master_Blaster: It has gyro aim, which seems to offer fine aiming control equivalent to a mouse. Some games natively code for its functionality, but setting it up through 3rd party app or Steam interface (This is assuming you do all your gaming exclusive on there) will enable it to work in all your titles. Interestingly, you have the option to set it to work like a R joystick or mouse input. The other neat feature on the Edge controller is the modular joysticks, which enable replacement if drift sets in, or upgrading if something like Hall effect sensor sticks become available. For whatever reason, MSFT hasn't incorporated gyro aim functionality into its latest controller, though there have been rumors of that the supposed "Elite 3" controller might have it - assuming they even release a new pad. Originally Posted By Master_Blaster: Originally Posted By D_J: So a PS5 controller would be better? I haven't had a playstation since the PS2. It has gyro aim, which seems to offer fine aiming control equivalent to a mouse. Some games natively code for its functionality, but setting it up through 3rd party app or Steam interface (This is assuming you do all your gaming exclusive on there) will enable it to work in all your titles. Interestingly, you have the option to set it to work like a R joystick or mouse input. The other neat feature on the Edge controller is the modular joysticks, which enable replacement if drift sets in, or upgrading if something like Hall effect sensor sticks become available. For whatever reason, MSFT hasn't incorporated gyro aim functionality into its latest controller, though there have been rumors of that the supposed "Elite 3" controller might have it - assuming they even release a new pad. I don’t know about the PS5 & gyro aim, but playing with the Xbox controller on the pc was complete ass. I tried a couple of trials and one op and it was like playing with one hand. |
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Originally Posted By D_J: I don’t know about the PS5 & gyro aim, but playing with the Xbox controller on the pc was complete ass. I tried a couple of trials and one op and it was like playing with one hand. I've done fine with it, but of course I got used to using them from consoles. Fine aiming has always been their weakness, but gyro implementation seems to have fixed this. I'm waiting for new gen hardware releases to build a PC, so will try it when I start that project. |
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I started playing it last night and got to the middle of the second mission. I'm not a WH40K player or fanboy. I'm just somebody that thinks the universe/lore/setting are all super cool and interesting. So far, it's pretty bad ass, and the best way I can describe it is Metal.  I hope it maintains the level of quality and momentum. I really like the Tyranids as an enemy. I have an Xbox One controller, but I hate aiming with controllers in shooter games, so I'm playing with a mouse and keyboard. Sometimes I find myself just flailing around smacking buttons to try and stay alive when I get swarmed. I'll need to go back and play the first game after I finish this one. |
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Originally Posted By Alien: I started playing it last night and got to the middle of the second mission. I'm not a WH40K player or fanboy. I'm just somebody that thinks the universe/lore/setting are all super cool and interesting. So far, it's pretty bad ass, and the best way I can describe it is Metal. I hope it maintains the level of quality and momentum. I really like the Tyranids as an enemy. I have an Xbox One controller, but I hate aiming with controllers in shooter games, so I'm playing with a mouse and keyboard. Sometimes I find myself just flailing around smacking buttons to try and stay alive when I get swarmed. I'll need to go back and play the first game after I finish this one. Gyro aim is what you seek. Currently, on Sony controllers have it. |
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Originally Posted By Master_Blaster: Gyro aim is what you seek. Currently, on Sony controllers have it. Originally Posted By Master_Blaster: Originally Posted By Alien: I started playing it last night and got to the middle of the second mission. I'm not a WH40K player or fanboy. I'm just somebody that thinks the universe/lore/setting are all super cool and interesting. So far, it's pretty bad ass, and the best way I can describe it is Metal. I hope it maintains the level of quality and momentum. I really like the Tyranids as an enemy. I have an Xbox One controller, but I hate aiming with controllers in shooter games, so I'm playing with a mouse and keyboard. Sometimes I find myself just flailing around smacking buttons to try and stay alive when I get swarmed. I'll need to go back and play the first game after I finish this one. Gyro aim is what you seek. Currently, on Sony controllers have it. I would do that in DayZ and it's been a while, but I think I used to do that with GTA V when I needed to shoot from the vehicle. Maybe the PS5 controller solves the issue. I want to run around with my walking tank bro in SM2 using the controller but then, I have to aim and I just go back to the mouse and keyboard. I actually have a fabled Steam controller around somewhere. It actually has a mouse touchpad (similar to what it sounds like the PS5 has). Maybe I should dig it out and try it. I never did give it a fair shake or try to play with it in any 3rd person shooters. |
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Went all in (PS5 version) and got the season pass too, mainly because I had a PSN gift card laying around and nothing to spend it on... I knew/know NOTHING about the 40K WarHammer universe and it was a $100 blind investment, but so far, so good! First thing I did was the campaign on the normal setting to get used to the gameplay style which was helpful. It was not difficult, at all, to die, and while I'm no pro-gamer I liked that but also found it frustrating on several occasions. The PVP modes and locations are limited but that's going to expand. I've spent the most time (60+ hours in now IIRC) with the PVE with both co-op and bots with mixed success. I have NO idea why a LVL 1 would jump into a higher level of difficulty game but it certainly sucks when they keep going down and either rage quit or they get me and our other teammate killed carrying their ass and it ends up with a mission failure. Spending a 1/2 hour to get sub-triple digits of XP is bullshit. Running with bots on anything other than the easy difficulty is no picnic, that's for sure. I've seen no shortage of maxed-out/LVL 25 folks and have no idea how they've gotten there so quickly; I'm slogging and barely pushing 11 on an assault class right now. I recently did the COD BO6 beta and I just can't get into the frantic Adderall required pace needed to play the game, SBMM aside. The speed required in SM2 is requisite of that of a humanoid size tank, so the pacing/movement speed is much easier to process. It'll give me something to do waiting for the next Battlefield since I'm worn out on 2042 and I can see putting a decent amount of time in it; the story, graphics, etc. are all top notch. |